All Stories for: Court Decisions

• July 03, 2009 - Lori Drew's Convictions Will Be Vacated
• June 27, 2009 - 7th Circuit Upholds Ban on Death-Row Interviews
• June 25, 2009 - Supreme Court Rules Defendant Has Right to Live Testimony of Lab Chemist
• June 09, 2009 - ICE Agents Conduct Illegal Raids in New Haven
• June 08, 2009 - Supreme Court Keeps "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Alive
• May 26, 2009 - California Supreme Court Refuses to Overturn Prop 8
• May 26, 2009 - Supreme Court Overturns Michigan v.Jackson on Questioning Suspects Without Lawyer
• May 19, 2009 - Appeals Court Rules No Disclosure of Bush White House E-Mails
• May 07, 2009 - NJ Supreme Court Tosses Local Laws Restricting Residency of Sex Offenders
• May 05, 2009 - Supreme Court: Making Up SS Number Is Not Identity Theft
• May 04, 2009 - FCC Fine For Janet Jackson Exposure Still Unresolved
• April 27, 2009 - Supreme Court Rejects Sal Magluta's Petition, 195 Year Sentence Stands
• April 06, 2009 - Supreme Court Rejects New Trial Bid for Mumia Abu -Jamal
• March 17, 2009 - AUSA Rebuked by Name in 7th Cir. Reversal
• February 25, 2009 - Supreme Court Decides Religious Monument Case
• January 21, 2009 - Kimbrough Decision Means What It Says
• January 21, 2009 - Supreme Court Extends Police Immunity for 4th Amendment Violation
• January 19, 2009 - Empty Boxes?
• January 15, 2009 - More Criticism of the Supreme Court's Herring Decision
• January 14, 2009 - No Suppression For Search Following Arrest on Withdrawn Warrant
• January 08, 2009 - 4th Circuit Strikes Down Statute on Indefinite Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders
• January 04, 2009 - An Adult Pretending To Be a Child Is Still an Adult
• December 17, 2008 - Recusal Rejected
• November 15, 2008 - SCOTUS to Review Conflict of Interest on WV Supreme Court
• November 12, 2008 - Congressman Wins Traffic Trial
• November 10, 2008 - Supreme Court Refuses to Reject Victim Impact Videos in Death Cases
• October 27, 2008 - MO. Judge Blocks Halloween Sex Offender Restrictions
• October 10, 2008 - Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right Under CT Constitution
• July 23, 2008 - COPA Held Unconstitutional (Again)
• July 03, 2008 - Federal Judge Rules Against Bush on Wiretapping
• June 29, 2008 - Bob Dylan and the Law
• June 26, 2008 - Reactions to Supreme Court Ruling on Gun Rights
• June 25, 2008 - LAPD Policy Banning Citizenship Inquiries Withstands Challenge
• June 25, 2008 - Supreme Court Limits Doctrine of 'Forfeiture By Wrongdoing'
• June 23, 2008 - Supreme Court Rules Right to Lawyer Begins At First Court Appearance
• June 19, 2008 - SCOTUS Upholds (Subject to Limits) Right to Self-Representation
• June 14, 2008 - Jailhouse Lawyer Helps Reverse Conviction
• June 12, 2008 - A Quick Reading of Boumediene
• June 04, 2008 - A Good Decision
• June 02, 2008 - Supreme Court Narrows Money Laundering Law
• May 22, 2008 - TX Appeals Court Invalidates Seizure of Children at Polygamist Compound
• May 21, 2008 - Court Reinstates"Don't Ask Don't Tell" Lawsuit
• May 19, 2008 - "Millenium Bomber " Sentence Upheld
• May 19, 2008 - Supreme Court Upholds Child P*orn Law
• May 14, 2008 - TX Appeals Court Overturns Vioxx Verdict Against Merck
• April 16, 2008 - DUI Not a Violent Felony For ACCA Sentencing
• March 25, 2008 - 2nd Circuit Tosses Passenger Bill of Rights Law
• March 19, 2008 - Supreme Court Reverses Conviction Based on Prosecutor's Exclusion of Blacks from Jury
• February 14, 2008 - Texas Overturns Ban on Sex Toys
• January 12, 2008 - CA Appeals Court Invalidates Warrantless Entry and Arrest for Pot Smoking
• December 17, 2007 - Judge to White House: Turn Over Visitor Logs on Religious Commentators
• December 14, 2007 - Stupid Citation Dismissed
• December 14, 2007 - Distributing Drugs to Create Snitches: Not a Problem in TX
• November 30, 2007 - New Trial For Cynthia Sommer
• November 30, 2007 - Conviction Reversed After Jurors Consult MySpace
• November 21, 2007 - Standing Is Not a Crime in NY
• November 21, 2007 - Georgia High Court Tosses Sex Offender Law
• September 27, 2007 - Patriot Act Provision Declared Unconstitutional
• September 16, 2007 - Virginia upholds DNA testing on arrest
• July 28, 2007 - CA Vehicle Seizure Ordinances Struck Down
• July 14, 2007 - Medical MJ Revote May Be Granted in Berkeley
• July 14, 2007 - RIAA Subpoena Request Denied
• June 22, 2007 - Janice Rogers Brown Dissents , Would Invalidate Terry Stop
• June 21, 2007 - SCOTUS Decides Rita
• June 19, 2007 - Anti-Immigrant Housing Ordinance Restrained
• June 18, 2007 - Supreme Court: Passengers Have 4th Amendment Standing
• June 13, 2007 - Bush Hopes to Limit Private Securities Fraud Litigation
• June 11, 2007 - SCOTUS Accepts New Sentencing Cases
• June 04, 2007 - Supreme Court Reinstates Death Sentence
• May 31, 2007 - Making the Promise of Title VII Work
• May 10, 2007 - Mass Court: Sex By Fraud Isn't Rape
• April 10, 2007 - 7th Circuit's Reversal of Georgia Thompson Conviction
• March 27, 2007 - NY Reverses Murder Conviction For Refusing to Allow Eyewitness ID Expert to Testify
• March 26, 2007 - Supreme Court Accepts Another Child Porn Case
• March 21, 2007 - First Circuit Tosses Republican Phone Jammer's Conviction
• March 14, 2007 - Pot Guru Ed Rosenthal Vindicated: Charges Tossed
• March 09, 2007 - D.C. Circuit Upholds Individual Right to Bear Arms
• February 22, 2007 - 8th Cir. Permits Genital Feel to Grab Cocaine in Pocket
• January 23, 2007 - Supreme Court Issues Big Sentencing Decision
• December 27, 2006 - Feds Can Keep MLB Drug Testing Records
• December 23, 2006 - Kline's Abortion Charges Dismissed
• December 05, 2006 - Supreme Court Limits Automatic Deportation for Drug Crimes
• December 04, 2006 - Supreme Court Lets 55 Year Drug Sentence Stand
• December 04, 2006 - Miami's Last Cocaine Cowboy Resentenced
• November 21, 2006 - Calif. Court Rules Bloggers Can't be Sued for Third Party Postings
• November 13, 2006 - Supreme Court Denies Review for Michael Skakel
• October 30, 2006 - Federal Judge Tosses Suit Over Financial Aid for Those With Drug Convictions
• October 24, 2006 - Nebraska Tries to Remove Racist Trooper
• October 11, 2006 - Supreme Court Rejects Appeal in Roe v. Wade Companion Case
• October 08, 2006 - A Literary Conflict of Interest
• October 03, 2006 - Another Patriot Act Win for the ACLU
• September 26, 2006 - New Trial Ordered For Judith Clark
• September 18, 2006 - Independent Candidates Will Have Easier Ballot Access in Illinois
• September 07, 2006 - N.C. Tosses Search of Private Parts
• September 01, 2006 - Hawaii High Court: Can't Fire Solely for Past Conviction
• August 31, 2006 - Ambitious Prosecutor's Convictions Are Overturned
• August 23, 2006 - 4th Circuit Reverses Conviction of "Pain Doctor"
• August 21, 2006 - Appeals Court: Driving With Money is Evidence of a Crime
• August 18, 2006 - Bush: It's 'Naive' to Believe the President Must Follow the Law
• August 01, 2006 - Reporters Must Disclose Sources
• July 19, 2006 - 99 Years (Plus 1)
• July 10, 2006 - Search of Jefferson's Congressional Office Upheld
• June 29, 2006 - Trent Lott on Hamdan Decision
• June 29, 2006 - Supreme Court Bars Miltary Tribunals
• June 28, 2006 - No Decision in Hamden Today
• June 15, 2006 - No Remedy When Police Fail to Knock Before Executing Search Warrant
• May 18, 2006 - WI High Court Okays Cops Giving Laxative to Drug Suspect
• May 18, 2006 - Utah Upholds Bigamy Ban
• May 01, 2006 - SCOTUS Reverses Where State Limited Evidence of Third Party Guilt
• April 20, 2006 - Air Force: File This Under 'Ignore'
• April 19, 2006 - Judge: Not All Sex is Reportable Abuse
• April 15, 2006 - A Victory For the Homeless
• April 12, 2006 - Innocent Man Can Sue Louisville For Wrongful Conviction
• April 03, 2006 - Supreme Court Won't Hear Padilla Case
• March 22, 2006 - 'Photo Cop' Gets Fired in Mpls
• March 22, 2006 - Supreme Court Voids Search Over Consent Issue
• March 21, 2006 - Quattrone Convictions Reversed
• February 28, 2006 - Supreme Court Declines to Extend Hobbs Act to Cover Abortion Protest (Again)
• February 21, 2006 - Supreme Court Sides With Church in Drug Case
• January 31, 2006 - 9th Circuit Tosses Partial Birth Abortion Bill
• January 27, 2006 - 2d Circuit Rejects Gov't Recusal Request
• January 18, 2006 - High Court Sidesteps Abortion Issue
• January 18, 2006 - Pro-Life Groups to Urge 'John Ashcroft, MD Law'
• January 17, 2006 - Supreme Court Upholds Physician-Assisted Suicide Law
• January 11, 2006 - 10th Circuit Affirms Angelos' 55 Year Sentence
• January 05, 2006 - Mooning in Maryland
• December 12, 2005 - Gov't Wants New Judge in Perjury Case
• December 12, 2005 - Supreme Court Takes TX Redistricting Case
• December 10, 2005 - Weak Evidence Leads to New Trial
• November 11, 2005 - Judge Overturns San Diego Guilty Verdict
• November 09, 2005 - TX Prosecutors Fail to Overturn Decision Awarding New Trial to Andrea Yates
• November 01, 2005 - High Court Hears Religion Case on Hallucinogenic Tea
• October 27, 2005 - VA Judge Refuses to Presume Guilt in DUI Cases
• October 21, 2005 - KS Court Strikes Down Law That Discriminates Against Gay Defendants
• October 21, 2005 - Conn. Restricts Warrantless Searches When Occupants Disagree
• October 17, 2005 - High Court Rules Inmate Must Be Afforded Abortion
• October 11, 2005 - Chief Justice Roberts for the Defense
• October 05, 2005 - Court: Salvation Army Can Continue Faith-Based Hires
• October 04, 2005 - Resisting Charges Against Cornell Protestors Dismissed
• September 29, 2005 - ACLU Wins Release of Abu Ghraib Abuse Photos
• September 21, 2005 - Preview of Assisted Suicide Case
• September 13, 2005 - Slander Suit Dismissed Against Sharon Bush
• September 09, 2005 - Padilla Can Be Detained Without Trial Forever
• August 26, 2005 - Reefer Madness in the 8th Circuit
• August 18, 2005 - 5th Cir: Drug Dealer Can't Keep Lottery Winnings
• August 12, 2005 - Va. Judge Declares DUI Law Unconstitutional
• August 09, 2005 - Appeals Court Reverses Cuban Spies Conviction
• August 09, 2005 - Hamdan Seeks Supreme Court Review
• August 06, 2005 - Homeland Security: Wise Up
• July 30, 2005 - Judge Calls Harsh Sentences 'Draconian'
• July 26, 2005 - Time to Quit
• July 16, 2005 - A Man Without a Country
• July 09, 2005 - 8th Circuit Strikes Down Partial Birth Abortion Law
• July 07, 2005 - WI Requires Recording of Juvenile Interrogations
• June 30, 2005 - Analysis of Supreme Court Decisions
• June 29, 2005 - Thoughts on Kelo and Judicial Activism
• June 27, 2005 - Grokster Loses
• June 27, 2005 - Supreme Court: Open Thread
• June 25, 2005 - New Trial For Harvard Student
• June 25, 2005 - Harding Court Martial Prosecution Put On Hold
• June 23, 2005 - Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes
• June 20, 2005 - Today's Supreme Court Actions
• June 18, 2005 - The Onion's Take on the Medical Marijuana Decision
• June 16, 2005 - Renee Boje Ordered Extradited Over Medical Pot
• June 08, 2005 - Prosecutor's 'Redefinition' of Law Leads to Reversal of Manslaughter Conviction
• June 06, 2005 - Reaction to Supreme Court Medical Marijuana Decision
• June 06, 2005 - Dissenters in Gonzales v. Raich
• June 06, 2005 - Supreme Court Rules Against Medical Marijuana
• May 31, 2005 - High Court Rules for Inmate's Religious Freedom
• May 31, 2005 - Arthur Anderson Conviction Overturned
• May 25, 2005 - Ferrara To Be Released From Prison
• May 23, 2005 - High Court to Hear Abortion Case
• May 23, 2005 - Supreme Court Declines Mexican Death Row Cases
• May 23, 2005 - Supreme Court Says No to Shackling Defendants at Trial
• May 07, 2005 - Elian Gonzales Raid Bystanders Lose Lawsuit
• May 06, 2005 - Activist Judge Imposes Religion on Schools
• May 05, 2005 - AZ. Court : Racial Profiling Can Invalidate Criminal Charges
• May 02, 2005 - Supreme Court: Can Feds Withhold Funds From Law Schools That Ban Military Recruiters?
• April 29, 2005 - Juror Misconduct Leads to Overturned Conviction
• April 27, 2005 - Supreme Court Limits Reach of Gun Law
• April 19, 2005 - Justice Kennedy and International Law
• April 18, 2005 - Religion v. Drug Laws
• April 13, 2005 - Jury Compensates Victims of Philly Police Bombing
• April 09, 2005 - Victims' Buttons Warrant New Trial
• March 30, 2005 - Schiavo Request for Rehearing Denied
• March 30, 2005 - Calif. Appeals Ct. Overturns Sentence for Failure of Sex Offender to Register
• March 30, 2005 - 11th Circuit Agrees to Consider New Hearing in Terri Schiavo Case
• March 29, 2005 - School Whistleblowers Protected by Title IX
• March 28, 2005 - MGM v. Grokster: Which Side Are You On?
• March 28, 2005 - Colo. Supreme Court Reverses Lisl Auman's Felony Murder Conviction
• March 25, 2005 - High Court Medical Marijuana Ruling Next Week
• March 25, 2005 - Federal Judge Denies Relief Again
• March 24, 2005 - Supreme Court Denies Schiavo Relief
• March 09, 2005 - Bush Flip Flops on World Court Directive
• March 08, 2005 - Supreme Court Ruling Could Limit Three Strikes Laws
• March 02, 2005 - More Reaction to the Juvenile Death Penalty Ban
• February 28, 2005 - Supreme Court to Hear Whistle-Blower Case
• February 25, 2005 - Court Rules Wiretap Law Applies to Spyware, Blocks Introduction of Chat Transcripts
• February 22, 2005 - Alabama Sex Toy Ban Will Remain
• February 15, 2005 - U.S. Blocking Reparations to Gulf War I Hostages
• February 04, 2005 - New York Judge Rules in Favor of Gay Marriage
• January 27, 2005 - Delaware Legislature Seeks to 'Nullify' Court Ruling
• January 25, 2005 - Kenneth Richey's Death Sentence Overturned
• January 24, 2005 - High Court Okays Vehicle Dog Searches
• January 24, 2005 - Abortion Protests, the President, and the Supreme Court
• January 21, 2005 - Officer Sentenced in Shooting Case
• January 18, 2005 - Supreme Court: Oral Arguments Today
• January 14, 2005 - 9th Circuit Eviscerates 'Knock and Announce' Warrants
• January 14, 2005 - Fla. High Court Considers Drug Sniffs
• January 12, 2005 - High Court Rules Against Indefinite Detention of Mariel Cubans
• January 11, 2005 - Supreme Court Issues Money Laundering Opinion
• December 31, 2004 - Court: Purgatory Cannot Be Worse Than Hell
• December 16, 2004 - Court Examines Detention in Saudi Arabia
• December 16, 2004 - Colorado Fire Starter to Be Resentenced
• December 13, 2004 - Today in the Supreme Court
• December 13, 2004 - New Meaning for 'High Tea"
• December 10, 2004 - Washington Court Rules that Parents Can't Eavesdrop on Children
• December 07, 2004 - Career Offenders
• December 06, 2004 - Stripper Cop Loses Job
• December 02, 2004 - Failure to 'Knock and Announce' Leads to Suppression
• December 01, 2004 - Conviction, Death Sentence Overturned
• December 01, 2004 - Raich and Federalism
• November 29, 2004 - 3rd Circuit Rules Universities Can Ban Military Recruiters
• November 29, 2004 - Supreme Court Denies Review of Challenge to Gay Marriage
• November 29, 2004 - Ashcroft vs. Raich: Case in a Nutshell
• November 28, 2004 - Additional Raich Coverage
• November 27, 2004 - High Stakes in Monday's Medical Pot Case Arguments
• November 24, 2004 - High Court to Consider Medical Marijuana Case
• November 15, 2004 - Judicial Activism
• November 09, 2004 - First Decision of Term: No Deportation for Drunk Driving
• November 08, 2004 - 8th Circuit Expands Police Search Power
• November 08, 2004 - Third Circuit: Shaving Your Head is Not a Search
• October 25, 2004 - GA Hate Crimes Law Unconstitutionally Vague
• October 18, 2004 - Supreme Court to Decide Shackling Case
• October 17, 2004 - Protestors Can't Be Subjected to Mass Searches
• October 16, 2004 - Judge Posner's Ruling on Absentee Ballots
• October 03, 2004 - Supreme Court Term Begins With Sentencing Guideline Cases
• October 01, 2004 - Supreme Court Sets Date for Medical Marijuana Argument
• September 29, 2004 - Federal Judge Rules Portion of Patriot Act Unconstitutional
• September 21, 2004 - Supreme Court Booker Brief Filed in Post-Blakely Case
• September 10, 2004 - Federal Judge Tosses Child Porn Law
• September 10, 2004 - 5th Cir. Rules Inmate Can Sue Officials for Rape
• September 09, 2004 - 1st Cir. Rules Against DOJ on Halfway House Restrictions
• August 19, 2004 - 9th Circuit Allows Forced DNA Testing of Parolees
• August 09, 2004 - How Hot is Too Hot?
• July 30, 2004 - Mass. Court Addresses Crisis in Indigent Defense
• July 03, 2004 - Is Rehnquist Losing Influence?
• June 29, 2004 - SCOTUS Upholds Internet Porn Injunction
• June 28, 2004 - High Court: Foreign Guantanamo Detainees Can Challenge Their Detention
• June 28, 2004 - High Court Weasels Out of Padilla Decision
• June 28, 2004 - Miranda Takes a Hit
• June 28, 2004 - Supreme Court: Enemy Combatants Can Challenge Detentions
• June 28, 2004 - Will SCOTUS Review CA Pot Case?
• June 24, 2004 - New York Court Rules Death Penalty Unconstitutional
• June 24, 2004 - High Court Rules for Cheney
• June 21, 2004 - Federal Judge Declares Sentencing Guidelines Unconstitutional
• June 21, 2004 - SCOTUS: Failure to Reveal Identity Can Be a Crime
• June 14, 2004 - 'Under God' To Stay in Pledge
• June 08, 2004 - Evidence Suppressed in Trial of Islamic Cleric
• June 04, 2004 - Appeals Court Tosses Damage Award to American POWs in Iraq
• May 30, 2004 - Major Supreme Court Decisions Due in June
• May 18, 2004 - Grand Jury Independence
• May 11, 2004 - NJ May Mandate Recording of All Interrogations
• May 03, 2004 - Marcus Dixon Rape Conviction Reversed
• April 25, 2004 - Another Three-Strikes Abomination
• April 21, 2004 - Court Rules for Medical Marijuana
• April 19, 2004 - Appeals Court Tosses Three-Strikes Sentence
• April 19, 2004 - High Court Hears Case on Judge-Imposed Death Sentences
• April 09, 2004 - Monitoring of NJ Police Internal Affairs to End
• April 06, 2004 - Roadbocks to Rehabilitation
• April 05, 2004 - Calif. Court Upholds Fetal Murder Law
• April 05, 2004 - SF Pot Guru Wins Civil Suit
• April 02, 2004 - Court Rejects Subpoena for Medical Marijuana Records
• April 01, 2004 - Judge Orders Cheney Document Release
• March 31, 2004 - Sharp Eyes Are Not a Special Skill
• March 31, 2004 - World Court Rules For Mexicans on U.S. Death Row
• March 30, 2004 - ICJ Decision on Mexicans on U.S. Death Row
• March 30, 2004 - High Court Rules on Border Searches
• March 27, 2004 - Fourth Amendment Takes a Big Hit
• March 27, 2004 - Sentence Upheld For Airline Passenger
• March 25, 2004 - Public Defender Must Stay on Case of Client Who Punched Her Partner
• March 25, 2004 - Gang Murder Conviction Tossed: Lying Witnesses
• March 23, 2004 - Federal Judge Allows Medical Marijuana Defense
• March 19, 2004 - More Editorials Object to Scalia
• March 19, 2004 - Military Court Vacates Conviction Due to Lawyer's Relationship With Client
• March 12, 2004 - Court Allows Defendant to Maintain Case Website
• March 08, 2004 - Supreme Court Strengthens Right of Confrontation
• March 07, 2004 - Police Interrogation of Child Held Unlawful
• March 03, 2004 - Court Allows Sex Defense
• February 23, 2004 - High Court Agrees to Hear Two Deportation Cases
• February 15, 2004 - Minn. High Court Voids Public Defender Fees
• February 10, 2004 - Multiple SIDS Cases in One Family
• February 08, 2004 - British Court Rules That Suspicion Is Not Proof of Murder in SIDS Cases
• February 07, 2004 - Court: DEA Can't Prevent Sale of Hemp Products
• January 30, 2004 - Rotten Kansas Decision
• January 27, 2004 - Colo. High Court Upholds Term Limits for Prosecutors
• January 26, 2004 - Federal Judge Tosses Part of Patriot Act
• January 26, 2004 - Supreme Court Reaffirms Miranda
• January 24, 2004 - Ill. High Court Upholds Death Row Commutations
• January 23, 2004 - BOP Halfway House Restrictions Rejected
• January 16, 2004 - High Court to Decide on Length of Detention of Immigrants
• January 13, 2004 - High Court Deals Blow to Personal Freedom
• January 12, 2004 - High Court Refuses to Hear Detainee Secrecy Case
• January 07, 2004 - Forced Medication: Yes if to Kill, No if to Treat
• December 28, 2003 - Judges Beginning to Balk at War on Terror
• December 25, 2003 - Court: Prosecutions Legal but Deplorable
• December 23, 2003 - Canada Upholds Constitutionality of Pot Law
• December 22, 2003 - Military Halts Anthrax Shots
• December 20, 2003 - Victory for On-Line Music Swappers
• December 20, 2003 - Federal Judge Orders Pay for Panhandlers
• December 18, 2003 - Jose Padilla Ordered Released
• December 16, 2003 - 9th Cir. Rules for Medical Marijuana
• December 15, 2003 - High Court: Ok to Arrest All Car Occupants When Drugs Found
• December 15, 2003 - Supreme Court Accepts Cheney Energy Case
• December 11, 2003 - Scalia Stops Texecution
• December 09, 2003 - Colo. Judge Orders Return of Marijuana
• December 09, 2003 - Supreme Court Revisits Miranda-Again
• December 08, 2003 - Canada Denies Asylum to Medical Pot Activists
• December 08, 2003 - Cert Granted in Rule 11 Guilty Plea Case
• December 04, 2003 - 9th Cir. Invalidates Portion of Terror Law
• December 03, 2003 - Colo. Court Strikes Down School Voucher Law
• December 02, 2003 - High Court Showers Police with Search Victory
• November 28, 2003 - Two Courts Rule for Juveniles on Drug and Alcohol Testing
• November 18, 2003 - Alaska Appeals Court Refuses to Overturn Law Allowing Personal Pot Possession
• November 12, 2003 - No Damages in Rosie O'Donnell Trial
• November 08, 2003 - Court: Gay Sex is Not Adultery
• November 07, 2003 - S.D. Court Rules Against Medical Necessity
• October 31, 2003 - Ariz. Court Tosses Mandatory Sentence
• October 31, 2003 - Ariz. Court Tosses Mandatory Sentence
• October 28, 2003 - Court Rules Nervousness Alone Can't Support Search
• October 28, 2003 - Court Rules Nervousness Alone Can't Support Search
• October 22, 2003 - Calif. Marijuana Co-Op Owner Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
• October 22, 2003 - Calif. Marijuana Co-Op Owner Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
• October 15, 2003 - Medical Marijuana Poll
• October 14, 2003 - Judge Orders Reporters to Reveal Wen Ho Lee Sources
• October 14, 2003 - High Court to Hear Border Search Case
• October 14, 2003 - Supreme Court Rejects Bush Appeal Over Medical Marijuana
• October 07, 2003 - Canadian Appeals Court Rules on Marijuana Issue
• October 07, 2003 - The Telemarketing Judge
• October 06, 2003 - High Court Allows Suit by Wrongfully Convicted Man Against Public Defender's Office
• October 06, 2003 - High Court Refuses Drug-Using Mother's Appeal
• October 06, 2003 - Ramzi Yousef Loses High Court Appeal
• October 06, 2003 - Supreme Court Begins New Term
• October 06, 2003 - High Court Takes 48 New Cases
• October 03, 2003 - 12 Year Old's Arrest For Eating French Fry Held Legal
• September 30, 2003 - Fla. High Court Vacates DNA Testing Deadline
• September 30, 2003 - Judge Jails Rape Victim for Refusing to Testify
• September 29, 2003 - NH Bucks the Supremes on Garbage Searches
• September 26, 2003 - Nebraska Court Issues Poor Search Decision
• September 11, 2003 - Court: No Use of GPS Without a Warrant
• September 11, 2003 - Federal Appeals Court Upholds 'Perp Walks'
• September 05, 2003 - Calif. Court: Felon on Probation Can Use Medical Marijuana
• September 05, 2003 - Court: Cops Can't Keep Defense Lawyers At Jailhouse Door
• August 29, 2003 - Alaska's Law Banning Pot Held Unconstitutional
• August 26, 2003 - Who's Supporting Judge Raymond Moore?
• August 25, 2003 - 9th Cir. Rules Doctor's Can't Rat on Patients
• August 23, 2003 - Colorado Backs Down on Pledge Law
• August 21, 2003 - Official Finds Interior Secretary Norton Violated Law
• August 15, 2003 - Fake Drug Checkpoints Upheld
• August 15, 2003 - Westchester County Must Pay Pedophile Clown
• August 04, 2003 - California Okays Gay Couple Adoptions
• August 03, 2003 - Justice Ginsberg Acknowledges Effect of International Law
• August 02, 2003 - 9th Circuit to Hear Marijuana Arguments
• July 26, 2003 - Federal Court Blocks Iowa Sex Offender Registration Law
• July 20, 2003 - This Concurring Opinion is a Must Read
• July 14, 2003 - Convictions in Las Vegas Ted Binion Murder Case Overturned
• July 09, 2003 - Scope of Ruling on Libel Protection
• July 08, 2003 - Cheney Loses Bid for Secrecy in Energy Case
• July 07, 2003 - Alaska Judge: It's Ok to Smoke Pot in Your Own Home
• July 03, 2003 - Favorable Federal Forfeiture Decision
• July 02, 2003 - Blogger Immunity
• July 01, 2003 - Ten Commandments Ruling Affirmed
• July 01, 2003 - Highlights of Supreme Court Term
• July 01, 2003 - 9th Circuit Strikes Down DEA Ban on Hemp Sales
• June 27, 2003 - NCADP on Supreme Court Rulings
• June 27, 2003 - Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
• June 26, 2003 - Can Court's Sodomy Ruling Be Extended to Marijuana Laws?
• June 26, 2003 - Open Thread for Supreme Court News
• June 25, 2003 - 9th Circuit Issues Rules for Internet Libel
• June 23, 2003 - Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action
• June 18, 2003 - 'Roe v. Wade' Plaintiff Seeks to Overturn Verdict
• June 16, 2003 - High Court Limits Government's Ability to Drug Mentally Ill Defendants
• June 16, 2003 - Government Urges High Court to Take Alien Detention Case
• June 12, 2003 - Max Factor Heir Loses Appeal
• June 11, 2003 - Indiana Court: Forced Driver Blood Tests Unconstitutional
• June 04, 2003 - Guru of Ganja Walks Free
• June 04, 2003 - Attorney Client Privilege Extends to P.R. Firms
• May 28, 2003 - Martinez Case: Justice Takes a Beating
• May 27, 2003 - Conviction Reversed for FBI Lab Misconduct
• May 27, 2003 - Shot, Blinded and Paralyzed: Supremes Say No Recourse
• May 24, 2003 - Florida Judge Authorizes Abortion for Mentally Disabled Woman
• May 24, 2003 - Judge Overturns Jury's Death Penalty Verdict
• May 23, 2003 - Court: Neglect Laws Don't Apply to Fetus
• May 19, 2003 - Supreme Court Rejects Detainees' Lawsuit
• May 17, 2003 - Court: Canada Has No Laws Banning Pot Possession
• May 16, 2003 - 'Pot Guru' Ed Rosenthal Denied New Trial
• May 07, 2003 - Connecticut Court: Fetus is a Body Part
• May 07, 2003 - 9th Circuit Refuses to Rehear Controversial Gun Ruling
• May 06, 2003 - Texas Court Upholds Butt Search for Crack
• May 05, 2003 - High Court Vacates Murder Conviction
• May 02, 2003 - Jury Acquits, Finds DUI Test Gender Biased
• April 29, 2003 - Supreme Court Upholds Detention Pending Deportation Proceedings
• April 29, 2003 - High Court to Hear Case on Banning Visitors From Housing Project
• April 23, 2003 - High Court Rules For Habeas Petitioner
• April 21, 2003 - Supreme Court to Revisit Miranda
• April 21, 2003 - Cert Granted for Texas Death Row Inmate Delma Banks
• April 10, 2003 - Welfare Drug-Testing Law Struck Down
• April 09, 2003 - California Court Rules Possession of Bongs Legal
• April 08, 2003 - Unequal Punishment Rules for Corporations and the Poor
• April 07, 2003 - Supreme Court Upholds Cross-Burning Ban
• April 03, 2003 - Court Refuses to Take Kids From Pot-Smoking Mom
• March 25, 2003 - High Court to Hear Same-Sex Sodomy Case
• March 24, 2003 - Ashcroft Wins Appeal on Expanded Spying Powers
• March 23, 2003 - High Court Takes on Limiting Inmate Visits
• March 23, 2003 - High Court Takes Up Effective Assistance of Counsel in Death Case
• March 18, 2003 - 1948 Miltary Plane Crash Under Scrutiny, Could Affect 1953 Supreme Court Decision
• March 15, 2003 - Legal Challenge to Bush's War Authority to be Reopened
• March 14, 2003 - The 9th and 10th Amendment in Pot Cases
• March 07, 2003 - Operation Candyman Evidence Thrown Out
• March 06, 2003 - Three Strikes Laws Abandon Rehabilitation
• March 05, 2003 - Military's 1953 Fraudulent Use of National Security Excuse
• March 05, 2003 - A Punitive Frenzy
• March 05, 2003 - High Court Upholds Megan's Law Postings
• March 05, 2003 - Supreme Court Upholds California's Three-Strikes Law
• March 05, 2003 - High Court Hearing Internet Filtering Case
• March 05, 2003 - Judge Reduces Award in Leona Helmsley Bias Case
• March 04, 2003 - Forced Medication of Defendants
• March 04, 2003 - High Court to Weigh Police Liability
• February 28, 2003 - Acquittal in Florida Money Laundering Trial
• February 25, 2003 - High Court Backs Texas Death Row Inmate
• February 20, 2003 - NBA Star Jayson Williams Granted Pre-Trial Appeal
• February 19, 2003 - Banning Guitars In Prison
• February 18, 2003 - Civil Rights Groups File for Review of FISA Court Ruling
• February 15, 2003 - FISA Secret Appeals Court Hearing Transcript Online
• February 12, 2003 - Jury Awards DEA Agents $1.5 Million
• February 10, 2003 - Court: State Can Medicate Prisoner to Make Him Sane for Execution
• February 04, 2003 - Leona to Pay $11 Million to Gay Former Employee
• February 04, 2003 - Court Rules Public Defender's Office Can Be Held Liable for Client's Civil Rights Violation
• February 01, 2003 - Feds Have to Pay Aisenbergs $2.9 Million
• January 31, 2003 - Medical Marijuana Activist Ed Rosenthal Convicted
• January 29, 2003 - Miami's Last Cocaine Cowboy
• January 28, 2003 - Court Upholds Murder Conviction of Pregnant Woman Who Used Cocaine
• January 21, 2003 - WW II Enslavement Case Dismissed
• January 21, 2003 - Spitzer To File Brief Supporting Michigan in Admissions Case
• January 19, 2003 - Court: IRS Committed Fraud
• January 17, 2003 - Condoleeza Rice on Affirmative Action
• January 14, 2003 - High Court Rules State Can Have Second Try At Death Penalty
• January 09, 2003 - Pot-Smoking Driver Acquitted of Driving While Impaired
• January 07, 2003 - Norweigan Teen Acquitted in DVD Code Cracking Case
• January 07, 2003 - Sex Offenders & mandatory lie-detectors
• January 06, 2003 - Rape After Consenting to Sex
• January 04, 2003 - Indiana Court Blocks Sex Offender Law
• January 03, 2003 - Kansas City Police Lose Big in Two Drug Cases
• January 03, 2003 - Homeland Security Loses Round in Court
• December 27, 2002 - Susceptibility of Children to Abuse Suggestions
• December 25, 2002 - Federal Judge Orders Ethics Probe of Prosecutors
• December 14, 2002 - Privacy Right in Garbage
• December 12, 2002 - Scotus Quotes in Cross-Burning Case
• December 11, 2002 - Supreme Court Hears Cross-Burning Case
• December 11, 2002 - More on the Felon Gun Rights Case
• December 10, 2002 - Directed Verdict of Acquittal in Murder Case
• December 10, 2002 - Supreme Court Decides Gun Case
• December 09, 2002 - Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Death Row Funding Case
• December 05, 2002 - Supreme Court Considers Reach of Miranda Rights
• December 05, 2002 - Federal Appeals Court Upholds Pledge of Allegiance Challenge
• December 04, 2002 - Miranda Arguments Wednesday
• November 26, 2002 - Court Reverses Church Arson Convictions
• November 25, 2002 - Miranda Rights Under Fire
• November 21, 2002 - Judge Halts Arrest of Drug Users in Needle Exchange Program
• November 20, 2002 - Deportation Consequences of Guilty Plea Must Be Explained
• November 18, 2002 - More on FISA Court Wiretap Ruling
• November 18, 2002 - Secret FISA Appeals Court Reverses and Allows Expanded Wiretaps
• November 18, 2002 - Supreme Court Takes Death Case Involving Ineffective Counsel
• November 18, 2002 - Search Warrant for E-mails Upheld
• November 14, 2002 - Megans' Laws Argued in Supreme Court
• November 07, 2002 - Supreme Court Stays Execution of Mentally Ill Texas Inmate
• November 07, 2002 - Court Considers Tennessee Death Case
• November 05, 2002 - Supreme Court Hands Ninth Circuit Three Reversals
• November 05, 2002 - Supreme Court Documents Available Free
• November 04, 2002 - Court to Hear Arguments on Three-Strikes Laws
• October 31, 2002 - Jury Nullification Update
• October 29, 2002 - Court Rules Doctors Can Prescribe Marijuana
• October 22, 2002 - NRA Sticker Doesn't Justify Search
• October 22, 2002 - Appeals Court Holds Argument on Constitutionality of Federal Death Penalty
• October 22, 2002 - Justices Have Doubts on Executing Juvenile Offenders
• October 21, 2002 - Supreme Court Refuses to Review Execution of Juvenile Offenders
• October 15, 2002 - Restoration of Felon's Right to Bear Arms
• October 14, 2002 - Felon's Right to Bear Arms
• October 11, 2002 - Ryan v. Ryan Clemency Lawsuit Dismissed
• October 09, 2002 - "Sleeping Lawyer" Defendant Fighting for his Counsel of Choice
• October 08, 2002 - Appeals Court Upholds Secret Detention Hearings
• October 07, 2002 - Terry Nichols Loses High Court Appeal
• October 06, 2002 - Following the Supreme Court
• October 06, 2002 - Supreme Court to Balance Liberty and Security
• October 05, 2002 - Supreme Court Issues This Term
• October 03, 2002 - N.C. Death Penalty Challenged
• October 03, 2002 - Supreme Court to Consider Gun Rights of Felons
• October 01, 2002 - Supreme Court to Review Four Death Penalty Cases
• September 30, 2002 - Shedd: The Next Judicial Nominee to Watch
• September 29, 2002 - Supreme Court Fall Agenda
• September 29, 2002 - NY Times Opposes McConnell
• September 27, 2002 - FISA Court Search Restrictions
• September 26, 2002 - Lisl Auman Loses Appeal
• September 25, 2002 - Wuornos: State Assisted Suicide or Worse?
• September 25, 2002 - Judicial Nominee Estrada
• September 24, 2002 - Second Judge Declares Federal Death Penalty Unconstitutional
• September 24, 2002 - Appeals Court Rules for Death Row Inmate on DNA Testing
• September 21, 2002 - "Sleeping Lawyer" Defendant Sues Judge
• September 20, 2002 - "Sleeping Lawyer" Defendant Gets Continuance
• September 20, 2002 - Michael McConnell Nomination
• September 20, 2002 - ACLU and Others File Brief in FISA Appeal
• September 20, 2002 - Public Defender Must Release Info on Dead Client
• September 19, 2002 - Washington Rules on Voyeurism Law
• September 19, 2002 - Client of "Sleeping Lawyer" Gets Another Raw Deal
• September 15, 2002 - The Mentally Ill on Death Row
• September 12, 2002 - Secret Appeals Court Ruling Should Be Published
• September 11, 2002 - Legal Quote of the Day
• September 11, 2002 - Death Sentence Vacated
• September 10, 2002 - Secret Appeals Court Meets on Wiretaps
• September 06, 2002 - Ga. to Hear Mental Retardation Death Appeal
• September 04, 2002 - A One Sided Appeals Court
• September 04, 2002 - Priscilla Owen: The Wrong Judge
• September 01, 2002 - Duty to Protect the Dead Client's Privilege
• August 29, 2002 - 3 Justices Urge Ban on Executing Juveniles
• August 27, 2002 - Does Atty-Client Privilege Survive Death?
• August 27, 2002 - Judging the Judges
• August 24, 2002 - Ohio Judge Reverses Himself
• August 24, 2002 - Houston Lawyers Take On the IRS
• August 23, 2002 - FISA And the Patriot Act
• August 23, 2002 - FISA Court and FBI
• August 21, 2002 - Seven Years and Counting For Civil Contempt
• August 20, 2002 - "Jury Nullification" Author Weighs In
• August 20, 2002 - Lousiana Supreme Court Removes Judge
• August 18, 2002 - Jury Nullification Update
• August 18, 2002 - Judge Rejects Death Penalty As Too Expensive
• August 15, 2002 - On Hold: Release of Detainees Names
• August 14, 2002 - High Court Death Penalty Ruling Retroactive
• August 09, 2002 - Just Between Us?
• August 02, 2002 - Guardian for Incompetent Death Row Inmate
• July 25, 2002 - No Free Ride for Gun Argument
• July 21, 2002 - No Flood of Retardation Claims
• July 09, 2002 - NY Death Sentence Overturned
• July 09, 2002 - Insurrection or Precedent
• July 08, 2002 - Supremes Draw Line At Underpants Search
• July 02, 2002 - More on Judge Rakoff's Death Penalty Ruling
• July 01, 2002 - Federal Judge Declares Death Penalty Unconstitutional
• June 27, 2002 - "Tied to the Hitching Post" Part 2
• June 27, 2002 - Tied to the Hitching Post
• June 27, 2002 - Mandatory Student Drug Testing
• June 26, 2002 - Effect of the New Death Penalty Rulings
• June 25, 2002 - Contradicting Decisions?
• June 24, 2002 - High Court Throws Out Judge-Imposed Death Sentences
• June 20, 2002 - Supreme Court Ban Executing the Retarded